Akash Pomal

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I'm Akash. I’m a software developer turned life hacker and experimentalist. I am fascinated by human behavior biology, philosophy, science, technology and startups. I love to think deeply about topics and write!

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Heys

Heys is a collection of my letters I send to myself. It's a way for me to step out of me and reflect on me, and life.

Hey Akash how are you doing today?

Akash, things are never as bad as it seems, nor are they ever as good as it seems. Vyavasthit is always trying to bring homeostasis.

That malaise you feel when you’re sick or the runners high you feel when you do long runs, both are temporary and you return to a baseline after a bit. But when you’re in that moment experiencing it, it feels like too in the nose, too overwhelming.

Try to remember that this too shall pass.

Don’t cling, don’t resist, Just witness.

Have a lovely evening my friend

Akash

Hey Akash how are you doing?

Akash you utterly and clearly know everything you need to do to achieve what you want. And I literally mean every. minute. thing. Yet I don’t see you take any action towards your goals.

What gives?

  1. Each action is simple, but not easy.

  2. Your reward circuitry is kinda busted.

  3. You’ve essentially lost trust in yourself to take on difficult tasks

  4. You’ve gotten complacent to mediocrity.

What do?

  1. Schedule a block of time each day for one task and then just work on it. No compromises and no disruptions allowed. You’ve to learn to sit with the problem.

  2. Learn to love the process. Good news is that you already kinda do this (going to gym, running, walking, etc). You have to apply the same mindset to your work!

  3. Declare trust bankruptcy! You can’t move forward with a broken system. Let go of current system and start from scratch, again. Start small, say what you’re going to do and then do it. Want to drink water? Say I’m going to drink water and then drink water. This matters, you have to earn your trust back and starting small helps you build momentum.

  4. You’ll stop being complacent once you notice how insidiously it eats at your soul. Just sit and notice my friend 🙂

Hope you find this helpful

Akash

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